Rift Valley Institute
In this EWNET podcast episode 7, Samiha Abdulmelik, a peacebuilding and gender practitioner with over 20 years of experience speaks to Dalaya Ashenafi. Samiha shares how her childhood, inspired by ...
How has Ethiopia been written into global knowledge, and how have Ethiopian thinkers and rulers written the world from Ethiopia?
In this public lecture, Christopher Clapham reflects on the role of...
On EWNET Podcast Episode 6, Dr. Muna Abubeker, the first woman philologist in Ethiopia, shares her journey into the field, her research experiences, and her work in language and cultural studies. S...
In this episode, EWNET Principal Dr. Netsanet Gebremichael speaks with Dr. Serawit Bekele Debele about her intellectual journey, from early academic interests to becoming a leading voice in German ...
In this episode, we meet Dr Mercy Fekadu, a researcher with a published book 'Parliament in Ethiopia: Participation, Representation and Resistance'. She talks about how she got into research, the r...
EWNET Podcast Episode 2 features Dr. Firehiwot Sintayehu Bahiru who is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Addis Ababa University. She concurrently holds the ...
EWNET Podcast Episode 2, Title: A Glimpse of experiences from Ethiopian Women Researchers: Muna Abubeker (PhD) and Weynishet Girma (PhD) with Host Sara Bushira (An Independent Curator).
In this ep...
In EWNET Podcast Episode 1, EWNET Lead Principal Dr Netsanet Gebremichale and Deputy Principal Dalaya Ashenafi delve into the thought process behind EWNET, its conceptualization, and the network’s ...
In this thought-provoking reflection from the Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Forum, we explore how language shapes the way we think and create. The discussion raises a powerful question: Who is our science for?...
In this thought-provoking reflection from the Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Forum, Mickie Muchilwa tells how language shapes the way we think and create. The discussion raises a powerful question: Who is our s...
In this engaging interview, Irungu Houghton reflects on the transformative writings of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o' and their role in shaping understanding of Kenya’s socio-political landscape in the 1980s. ...
Poet and playwright Sitawa Namwalie reflects on the deep impact of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s work on her life and art. She speaks about growing up in post-colonial Kenya, the violence of language erasure...
In this compelling reflection, linguist and Director of Twaweza Communications, Prof Kimani Njogu, explores the centrality of language in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s political and literary work. He explain...
In this compelling interview, journalist and political commentator Mohammed Amin Abdishukri reflects on Kenya’s current wave of youth-led protests — often dubbed the Gen Z or Gen Zote movement.
He...
On 5 July 2025, the Rift Valley Forum—in collaboration with the British Institute in Eastern Africa, IFRA, Cheche Books and Twaweza Communications— brought together scholars, authors, activists and...
